Visual Basic .NET is a radically new version of Microsoft Visual Basic, the world's most widely used rapid application development (RAD) package. Whether you are just beginning application development with Visual Basic .NET or are already deep in code, you will appreciate just how easy and valuable the VB.NET Language Pocket Reference is.VB.NET Language Pocket Reference contains a concise description of all language elements by category. These include language elements implemented by the Visual Basic compiler, as well as all procedures and functions implemented in the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace. Use it anytime you want to look up those pesky details of Visual Basic syntax or usage. With concise detail and no fluff, you'll want to take this book everywhere.

Ron Petrusha

Ron Petrusha is an editor for O'Reilly and is the author/coauthor of many books, including VBScript in a Nutshell. Ron has a background in quantitative labor history, specializing in Russian labor history, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Columbia University. He began working with computers in the mid 1970s, programming in SPSS (a programmable statistical package) and FORTRAN on the IBM 370 family. Since then, he has been a computer book buyer, an editor of a number of books on Windows and Unix, and a consultant on projects written in dBASE, Clipper, and Visual Basic.

Paul Lomax

Paul Lomax, author of O'Reilly's VB & VBA in a Nutshell and a coauthor of VBScript in a Nutshell, is an experienced VB programmer with a passion for sharing his knowledge--and his collection of programming tips and techniques gathered from real-world experience.

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I have to agree with Doug. Grouping entries by type is like a dictionary that groups definitions by part of speech.Best Case It becomes tedious to find entries when it is clear which category they belong to, since you first have to locate the category, then the entry within that group.Worst Case When it is unclear what category an entry appears in, each potential category must be located, then searched for the entry.

The entries in this book may be OK, but the organization is so frustrating that the quality of the content frequently doesn't matter.

I'm a fan of O'Reilly reference books. I have a large assortment of their Pocket Reference books. Usually they are great because they condense the really important information into a format I can easily read on my desk and carry from place to place. Given the usual quality of the books, I recently bought this book by just looking at the title. I'm moving to VB.NET and I thought it would help. BUT...

VB.NET Language Pocket Reference IS USELESS and a WASTE OF MONEY.

Here's a list of complaints:

Table of contents (TOC) is mostly one level deep (not helpful)

TOC sections like "Information" and "Interaction" are not helpful

Reference section of the book is NOT ALPHABETICAL

Organized by category, but category name does not appear in the page header